Ethnology, Volume 15

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Page 27If the eldest daughter is given her mother's house, the parents move out into a
bought or rented house or renovate a storehouse for use as a dwelling. But not
every eldest daughter takes her mother's house. Parents say that they would
rather ...

Page 28If the Pelekis parents have no close kinsfolk who are childless or unmarried, it is
possible for them to create a relationship of koumbaria through which their
daughter can acquire her godmother's house. Eirini, Ourania, and Maria are ...

Page 171the bridegroom, presents received by her at marriage from her parents and kin,
and gifts received after marriage from her husband." In contrast, there is property
received by inheritance or partition as a member of her husband's family, i.e., ...